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secondary sex characteristic

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various physical characteristics that appear in humans at puberty and in sexually mature animals and that differentiate between the sexes without having a direct reproductive function.

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  • noun A feature that distinguishes the two sexes of a species, but is not directly part of the reproductive system.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)

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